Sally Marie Jones, 56, Crewe, Virginia, who pleaded guilty in September 2012 to charges related to bankruptcy fraud, was sentenced in United States District Court for filing bankruptcy to enjoy the protection of the automatic stay to avoid foreclosures.
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Brian D. Jaimes, 43, Overland Park, Kansas, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for mortgage fraud.
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Shola Risikat Balogun, 46, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that she organized and managed which resulted in over $1.352 million of actual losses to mortgage lenders.
Linda Marie Kot, 58, Las Vegas, Nevada, a real estate agent, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted more than $10 million in fraudulent mortgage loans.
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Mortgage FACS Corporation and Enlightened LLC are the subjects of two lawsuits for allegedly taking advantage of struggling homeowners by falsly claiming that an audit of the homeowner’s mortgage would identify errors resulting in a reduction in monthly mortgage payments.
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Brian Armet, 36, Santa Margarita, California, Rigoberto Hernandez, 37, Santa Maria, California, and Julio Tamayo, 42, Santa Maria, who participated in a complex mortgage fraud scheme, were sentenced to federal prison terms and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution to various lenders
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James June, 52, Rockville, Maryland, formerly of South Hadley, Massachusetts, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, for defrauding multiple lending institutions in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Blue Chip Group, Inc., a Nevada company, and Certified Legal Processing and Legal Preparation Services, a California company, each operating as foreclosure consultants, face Indiana state lawsuits after taking more than $2,600 from local homeowners and not providing services or refunds.
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Mark W. Leetzow, 44, Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington, to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud conspiracy that victimized numerous mortgage lenders and FDIC-insured banks.
Che M. Brown, 44, Washington, D.C., pled guilty to a federal charge of bank fraud stemming from a scheme in which he submitted false documents to a mortgage lending service to win approval of a modification on a mortgage for his residence.
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